Re: [boost] Issue Running Regression Tests on msvc-12.0

Subject: Re: [boost] Issue Running Regression Tests on msvc-12.0
From: Paul A. Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-06-27 12:29:57

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Matthew Musto
> Sent: 27 June 2014 13:44
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [boost] Issue Running Regression Tests on msvc-12.0
> 
> I reran it again and got the same error.  I have seen the error frequently
lately and
> occasionally, very occasionally, I was able to get a run to work.  As we near
rc I
> really wanted to start running daily regressions on  msvc-12.0 for public
consumption.
> 
> I have deleted my c:\boost_dev contents 

I believe that it is the /boost folder which contains all the links to the
'real' .hpp files in folders like

/libs/some_library/include/ 

that gets corrupted - for reasons I have yet to understand.

Running 

b2 headers 

recreates these symlinks (or hard links if you don't run with admin privilege).

Symlinks seem to be preferred by those who know about these things - and I now
always re-generate symlinks.

I have detected corruption of the (sym)link by clicking on the
/boost/some_library/some_header.hpp.  You should find the expected header
contents there.

HTH

Paul

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